Railway-rail joint.



Patented June 14, 1910.

Witnesses.

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ALBERT CLEVELAND RICHEY, 0F PUEBLO, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO3'. W. KENNEDY AND ONE-THIRD TO JOHN LA MOTTE, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT.

Application filed August 25, 1908.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT CLEVELAND RlGHEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of Pueblo, county of Pueblo, and State ofColorado, have 1nvented anew and useful Improvement in Railway-RailJoints, of which the followmg is a specification.

My improvement relates to railway rail joints in which the web at theend of the rail is made thicker and the joint is so made as to obviatethe direct weight upon the space between the rails, and the objects ofmy improvement are, first, to provide a means of oining the ends of therails with- -out the use of fish plates or clamps; second,

to provide means for joining the ends of railway rails so as to give thepractical efiiect of a continuous rail at the joint; and third, toprovide means for joining the rails of a railway so that the effect of acontinuous rail may be had without the aid of fish plates or other addedparts except such as are provided in the construction of my rail jointcontrivance. I attain these objects in the manner shown in theaccompanying drawings in which,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device with the rail joint closed;Fig. 2 is a plan View; Fig. 3 is an end view of end 1 in Fig. 1; Fig. 1is an end View of end 2 in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of end 1in Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of end 2 in Fig. 1. I

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The ordinary railway rail on which my improvement is to be used isthickened at the ends so as to make the web 10 as thick as the ball ofthe rail as shown at 9 to end of rail. One end of the rail for therequired distance from the end is made into the form shown in Figs. 3and 5, in which gain 7, one half the width of the ball of the rail andone third the height of the rail, is formed the required length, andgain 8, diagonally opposite gain 7 one half the width of the flange andone third the height of the rail, is formed the required length, leavinga solid portion of metal connecting the remaining parts of the rail. Thecorresponding part of the rail joint is shown in Figs. 4 and 6, in whichthe end of the rail is formed so as to make arm 4 that will exactly fitinto gain 7 and the top of 4 will be exactly even with the top of theremaining portion of the ball of the rail on the side of gain 7 and alsoso as to form arm 5 that will exactly fit into gain 8 and the bottom ofthe arm 5 will be exactly even with the remaining portion of the flangeon the side of gain 8, and also so as to form slot 11 that will exactlyinclose and register with the portion of material connecting parts 3 and6 left by the forming of said gains 7 and 8. When the parts are unitedthey fit together as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. By making the web of therail thicker at the end I secure in my rail joint as much supportingmaterial as is originally provided in the web of the rail, and when theoint is united in this manner of construction it tends to make the pointof union of the rails as strong as any other part of the rail and avoidsthe space usually occurring between rails subject to the pounding of thepassing wheels, because at all times the wheels are resting upon somesolid portion of the rails. I also provide bolt 12 in case it is desiredto use the same as a longitudinal bond. In construction one end of arail is formed with gains 7 and 8, leaving portions 3 and 6 connectedwith solid metal as shown in Figs. 3 and 5; and the other end of therail 1s formed with arms 1 and 5 and slot 11 as shown in Figs. 4 and 6.

I claim,

1. In a railway rail joint of the character described, the web of therails thickened at each end, on one end of a rail a gain in the top andone side of rail, at same end or" rail diagonally opposite last namedgain and in bottom and side of rail another gain, the remaining portionof top and bottom of rail surrounding said gains connected by remainingportion of solid metal, in end of another rail arms that engage andregister in said gains and with the top and bottom of portion of railadjacent to said gains, a slot between said arms engaging the solidportion between said gains on end of other rail, all substantially asset forth.

2. In a rail joint the combination with a rail having superposedlaterally oflset tongues, the upper tongue being flush with the uppersurface of the rail and said tongues being spaced apart throughout theirlengths; of a second rail having laterally ofiset superposed tonguesinsertible into position opposite the corresponding tongues of the otherrail, there being an integral web connecting the tongues on said secondrail and insertible into the space between the tongues of the firstmentioned rail.

3. A rail having the Web thereof thickened at each end, and superposedlaterally ofl'set tongues extendingfrorn each end of said rail beingspaced apart longitudinally, there being a connecting Web between thetongues at the other end of the rail, said tongues and their connectingWeb being of 15 the same area as the spaces at the sides of and betweenthe tongues at the other end the rail and havin their outer faces flushof the rail.

With the correspon ing faces of the adjoin- ALBERT CLEVELAND RIOHEY. ingportion of the rail, the corresponding VVitnesses:

tongues at the tWo ends of the rail being O. M. WALKER,

out of alinement, the tongues at one end of W. S. PALMER.

